In Anoka County, jobs in the office administrative services pay the highest wages

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People with jobs in the office administrative services industry paid the average highest wages in Anoka County for 2006. The average worker in the industry in Anoka County received a wage of $146,566 in 2006. The annual wage is greater than the average industry wage in the State of Minnesota of $63,422 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry in the United States of $61,535.

High-wage employment in Anoka County, Minnesota exsists in commercial equip. merchant wholesalers ($127,590), electronic instrument manufacturing ($111,427), other chemical product and preparation mfg. ($84,650) and land subdivision ($78,089) industries. Note: Click Graph Above for Detail Comparison

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Anoka County Wages have increased by 21.8% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Anoka County, Minnesota by a total of 21.8%. This is greater than the growth in wages for the State of Minnesota and greater than the growth in industry wages for the nation as a whole.

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Anoka County Industry Wages Lag Behind Minnesota, but Wages Exceed the United States

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The average total wages in all industries in Anoka County, Minnesota can be described as relatively high when compared to other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 0.2 percent lower than the state, which accounted an average of $40,849. The average industry wage was greater than the overall average in the United States of $40,259.

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Anoka County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Anoka County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Vending machine operators industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 84.5 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Minnesota, where the it saw a loss of 23.8 percent. The losses in the Vending machine operators industry in Anoka County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 25.4 percent in terms of employment in the Vending machine operators industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Vending machine operators (84.5 percent decline)
2. Specialty food stores (70.9 percent decline)
3. Advertising and related services (66.9 percent decline)
4. Taxi and limousine service (62.2 percent decline)
5. Consumer goods rental (53.8 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 5.7 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in Minnesota, which went through a gain of 2.5 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains in the area were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Anoka County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Chemical merchant wholesalers industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 346.6 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Anoka County has expanded faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Minnesota, where the industry felt a gain of 5.6 percent. The Chemical merchant wholesalers industry in Anoka County outpaced the national average, which felt a lost 2.8 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Chemical merchant wholesalers (346.6 percent gain)
2. Drycleaning and laundry services (136.1 percent gain)
3. Activities related to credit intermediation (131.9 percent gain)
4. Other chemical product and preparation mfg. (125.6 percent gain)
5. Nondepository credit intermediation (116.8 percent gain)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Anoka County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 1,142 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 10.1 percent of the growth in Anoka County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (1,142 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (923 new jobs)
3. Individual and family services (711 new jobs)
4. Department stores (564 new jobs)
5. Electronic instrument manufacturing (549 new jobs)

From the 138 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 54 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 83 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Anoka County, Minnesota, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 5,524 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Anoka County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Gasoline stations industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 509 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Gasoline stations industry make up 9.9 percent of the total employment decline in Anoka County, Minnesota.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (509 jobs lost)
2. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (397 jobs lost)
3. Architectural and structural metals mfg. (337 jobs lost)
4. Forging and stamping (261 jobs lost)
5. Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers (250 jobs lost)





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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Anoka County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Anoka County

The Sporting goods and musical instrument stores industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 188 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Sporting goods and musical instrument stores industry make up 8.4 percent of the total employment decline in Anoka County, Minnesota.

Top 5 Industries
1. Sporting goods and musical instrument stores (188 jobs lost)
2. Building material and supplies dealers (157 jobs lost)
3. Electronic instrument manufacturing (150 jobs lost)
4. Gasoline stations (140 jobs lost)
5. Building equipment contractors (106 jobs lost)

From the 147 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 68 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 76 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Anoka County, Minnesota, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 1,324 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Anoka County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry has grown the most with 244 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 6.8 percent of the total number of new jobs in Anoka County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (244 new jobs)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (229 new jobs)
3. Individual and family services (211 new jobs)
4. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (190 new jobs)
5. Other fabricated metal product manufacturing (163 new jobs)

Anoka County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 1760.0 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Anoka County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Minnesota, where it saw a gain of 1252.9 percent. The Unclassified industry in Anoka County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 12.1 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (1760.0 percent gain)
2. Chemical merchant wholesalers (293.2 percent gain)
3. Performing arts companies (212.5 percent gain)
4. Furniture and furnishing merchant wholesalers (125.0 percent gain)
5. Specialty food stores (48.2 percent gain)

Total employment has increased by 1.3 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are less than percent in Minnesota, which experienced a gain of 1.9 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains were less than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Anoka County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Vending machine operators industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 63.3 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Minnesota, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 0.9 percent. The losses in the Vending machine operators industry in Anoka County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 2.2 percent in terms of employment in the Vending machine operators industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Vending machine operators (63.3 percent decline)
2. Advertising and related services (58.6 percent decline)
3. Other ambulatory health care services (56 percent decline)
4. Taxi and limousine service (37 percent decline)
5. Freight transportation arrangement (27.3 percent decline)





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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Income and Poverty in Anoka County, Minnesota

The household income has declined from the inflation-adjusted values in 2000. The income level has decreased to $61,634, which amounts to a 8.8 percent decline. Anoka County, Minnesota, when comparing total percent of decline, ranks 1 of 11 counties in percent of decline for the household income level in the State of Minnesota. Anoka County ranks 289 of 668 counties (or parishes) in terms of the decline in median household income in the United States.

While the median household income saw a decline during the period of 2000 to 2005 in Anoka County, Minnesota, the Race/Ethnicity group that went through the most dramatic decline in household income was the Black or African American Race/Ethnicity category. This group experienced a decline of 40.1 percent since the year 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native population category was least influenced by the median household income decline in Anoka County, seeing a 41.4 percent increase in median household income from 2000 to 2005.

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Anoka County was reported to have a very high median income for all households of $67,572 (2005 Dollars). This median is 18.4 percent higher than the median in State of Minnesota of $55,120 and the income level is 27.3 percent higher than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Anoka County, Minnesota may be understood as having a very low poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 4.2 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 20 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 75 years and over have the largest percent of population in poverty in Anoka County, having 6.5 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

In Anoka County, Minnesota White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $68,138 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.8 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 30.5 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $46,994. Hispanic households in Anoka County, Minnesota recorded a median income of $60,729, this median household income is 10.1 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $74,483. This median is 10.2 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Anoka County reported a median household income of $55,321, this level was 18.1 percent less than the median level for total households in the area.

The poverty rate in Anoka County, Minnesota has increased by 2.3 percent from the levels reported in the Decennial Census of 2000, moving from 4.2 percent to 6.5 percent.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Higher Education in Anoka County, Minnesota

Anoka County, Minnesota can be considered to have a highly-educated 2000 population, with 21.2 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Anoka counted a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Minnesota's proportion of 27.4 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

From 2000, Anoka has increased in the total percent of the over 25 population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population group has grown by 4.6 percent to a total of 25.8 percent in 2005. According to the American Community Survey, the proportion of the population in 2005 with a BA or Higher is less than the State of Minnesota percent of 30.8 and less than the United States percent of 27.2.

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Anoka County, Minnesota, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 36.4 percent achieving this level. The female population in Anoka have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 22.2 percent (Men) versus 20.4 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 38 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

In Anoka County, Minnesota according the 2000 Decennial Census, 21.2 percent of the White Alone, 20.4 percent of Black or African American, 31.4 percent of the Asian alone and 13.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has increased by 3.6 percent. By 2005, 25.6 percent of total male population (over 25), in this area, held at least a Bachelors Degree. At the same time, the percent of women (over 25) holding a BA or higher has increased by a total of 5.4 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 25.8 percent of the women in the population had received a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Demographic Profile for Anoka County, Minnesota

Anoka County, Minnesota had an estimated population of 323,996 for the year 2005. The total population has increased sharply, since its 2000 population of 299,830. This growth shows an increase of 8.1 percent. Anoka ranks 3 of 87 counties in terms of population growth in Minnesota and the county ranks 139 of 3,141 counties when analyzing total county population change across the nation.

Anoka County, Minnesota has a population that is made of 88.5 percent White, 3 percent African American, 3.4 percent Asian, and 2.4 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a modest amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 8.8 percent minorities. This is less than the State of Minnesota percent of 11.2. Since 2000, Anoka has increased the level of diversity when 5.0 percent of the population was made up of minorities.

In terms of total land area, Anoka extends a total area of 424 total square miles. The area has a high density of 765 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Will, IL (768 per sq. mile ), Northampton, PA (770 per sq. mile ), Collin, TX (778 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Butler, OH (750 per sq. mile ), Hampden, MA (746 per sq. mile ), Plymouth, MA (745 per sq. mile ).

In the year 2005, the population division of U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in Anoka County, Minnesota to be 35.2 years of age. The median in Anoka is less than the median age for the State of Minnesota of 36.7. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in the median age, at that time the median was 33.8 years of age. With a total of 26.3 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Anoka can be described as having a medium-high proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a relatively high representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 65.5 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 8.1 percent of the population. When compared to other counties in the United States, this represents a relatively low proportion of the area population base.

From 2000, a medium-high number of individuals have migrated to Anoka from outside the country. The immigration into Anoka totals 3.3 percent of all immigration into Minnesota. This percent of immigration can be considered medium-high when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Housing Report for Anoka County, Minnesota

In Anoka County, the census reported 121,187 homes in the year 2005. This county has gone through a growth in housing units, adding in all 10,613 housing units since the year 2001, or 9.6 percent.

The residential home values in Anoka County, Minnesota have seen large increases from the real estate values reported in 2000. The valuations have increased by $88,500, or 67.4 percent, from when in 2000 they were valued at $131,300.

Throughout the State of Minnesota, Anoka County stands 18 of 87 by percent in growth of new residential structures. The county places 325 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.

Anoka County had a median home value in the year 2005 of $219,800, reported by the American Community Survey. This is greater than the State of Minnesota 2005 median home value of $198,800 and greater than home value of $167,500 across the nation during that year.

Anoka County may be be described as having a medium percentage of high-priced residential real estate. In 2005, the American Community Survey counted that 3.3 percent of the houses are valued over a half a million dollars.

There seems to be a limited amount of housing that is affordable in Anoka County, Minnesota. In 2005, 7.4 percent of housing was valued under $125k.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Anoka County, Minnesota -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

Manufacturing is the industry with the largest establishments in Anoka County. The industry averages 32 jobs per establishment, which is less than the US industry average of 39 and less than the Minnesota average of 39 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Anoka County, Manufacturing, Construction and Retail Trade industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Manufacturing industry has an LQ of 1.84. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Manufacturing industry is 1.84 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Anoka may be an exporter of products or services of Manufacturing.

Educational services has grown in employment, since the year 2001, more than any other industry in Anoka County, growing in new jobs by 33.1 percent. This is greater than the change in industry employment in the United States of 13.8 percent. The State of Minnesota went through a industry job change of 12.1 percent, in the course of time since 2001.

In Anoka County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Health care and social assistance industries are the largest employment industries. The Manufacturing is the largest employment industry and makes up 23.6 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 23,665 people employed. The Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance sectors provide 16 and 12 percent of industry employment.

Manufacturing since the year 2001 lost the most jobs in Anoka County. The sector dealt with a loss of 1,510 jobs, or 6 percent of employment in the sector. These losses made up 73 percent of all county employment losses since 2001.







Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).